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“When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)

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“Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being, to which we rarely penetrate; for our lives are mostly a constant evasion of ourselves.”

T.S. Eliot quotes (American born English Editor, Playwright, Poet and Critic, 1888-1965)

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“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)

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“Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind... War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)

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“Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)

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“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)

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“When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters-one represents danger, and the other represents opportunity.”

John Fitzgerald Kennedy quotes (American 35th US President (1961-63), 1917-1963)

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“Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it.”

Vincent van Gogh quotes (Dutch Painter, one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists, 1853-1890)

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“Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly.”

T.S. Eliot quotes (American born English Editor, Playwright, Poet and Critic, 1888-1965)

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“With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.”

Edgar Allan Poe quotes (American short-story Writer, Editor, Poet and Critic, 1809-1849)

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“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”

Aristotle quotes (Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scientist and Physician, 384 BC-322 BC)

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